Roster About Set After Kotchman, Kearns, Qualls Informed They Made Team

UPITER, Fla.—
Whether it proves a winning equation is speculative, but the roster math is almost complete.
In addition to shipping out seven players, the Marlins on Tuesday informed article XX (B) free agents Casey Kotchman, Austin Kearns and Chad Qualls they would be added to the 25-man roster. Per the Collective Bargaining Agreement, players with six or more years of major league service time that signed minor league deals a season after a big league contract expired must be informed five days before Opening Day whether they will make the club.